adjective
1. : characterized by integration:
a. : composed of separate parts united together to form a more complete, harmonious, or coordinated entity
her tightly plotted, admirably integrated novel — John Barkham
an integrated series of twenty-six dams — Lamp
b. : combining elements usually taught in separate academic courses or departments
to establish the behavior sciences on an integrated footing — J.W.Bennett
integrated courses
c. : having in common and equal membership individuals or groups differing in some group characteristic (as race)
Negro units were broken up and reassigned in integrated groups — New Republic
an integrated school
d. : characterized by psychological integration
an integrated personality
e. : characterized by close cooperation or partial unity of constituent units
a more closely integrated economic and political system — D.D.Eisenhower
an integrated Europe
an integrated military staff
f.
(1) : operating economically as a single coordinated physically interconnected unit or system usually confined to a specific region
an integrated public utility system
(2) : characterized by possession of sources of supply and continuous control of production and often distribution from raw materials to diversified finished products
an integrated company … occupies a favored position as compared with a competitor which is at the mercy of the market — Financial World
g. of the bar : characterized by the compulsory membership of all lawyers practicing in a specific area (as a state)
the states having an integrated bar have codes of professional ethics enforceable upon all members — Journal of the American Judicature Society
h. : characterized by social solidarity, coherency of form and function, and moral or psychological unity among members
its culture is … more stable and better integrated — A.L.Kroeber
2. : incorporated into a group or organization on the basis of common and equal membership despite differing characteristics (as race)
most Indians are integrated with the other residents — W.R.Moore
Negroes … have long been integrated in the police department — Gladwin Hill